The UN Climate Change High-Level Champions and the Marrakech Partnership are spearheading the race to a cleaner, safer, healthier and more resilient world. Through our campaigns, Race to Resilience and Race to Zero, we are elevating ambition and mobilizing credible climate action among cities, regions, businesses and investors. Discover our pipeline of events.

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Climate Week NYC 2024

Progress and Problem-Solving at Climate Week NYC: Non-State Actors set the tone for COP29

From over $100 billion annually from the world’s largest utilities companies for grid upgrades, to reports that net zero commitments among major companies have increased 20% in 18 months, and Race to Zero Partner members are leading the way on robustness, Climate Week New York City 2024 showed that businesses, investors, cities, regions and civil society continue to mobilize credible climate action.

Race to Resilience

Race to Resilience welcomes 3 new regions as part of RegionsAdapt to boost climate resilience  in India, Senegal, and Brazil 

Three new regions — Assam (India), Louga (Senegal), and Pernambuco (Brazil) — have joined the Race to Resilience campaign through RegionsAdapt, committing to enhance climate resilience. Discover how these areas are empowering local communities, from rural farming to coastal restoration, to protect their environments and create sustainable futures.

Cities

C40’s Mark Watts on harnessing cities’ power to supercharge national climate goals

As countries prepare to share their post-2030 climate commitments, so-called ‘Nationally-Determined Contributions (NDCs)’, we spoke to Mark Watts, Executive Director of C40, the global network of nearly 100 mayors from the world’s leading cities united in  confronting the climate crisis, on the massive potential for regions and cities to boost the ambition and effectiveness of […]

Press Release

Businesses, Investors, Cities States and Regions, and Civil Society hone in on stronger national climate plans to accelerate prosperous, net zero future

The UN Climate Change High-Level Champions dispatch today the support of CEOs, mayors, governors, and civil society and Indigenous Peoples leaders for ambitious, investable and implementable Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs),  Real economy actors and civil society leaders emphasise the importance of these plans to signal a clear direction of travel, attract investment, and spark faster […]

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The global campaign to rally leadership and support from businesses, cities, regions, investors for a healthy, resilient, net zero recovery.

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